Open Bug 1627055 Opened 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago

Firefox doesn't respect default printer setting Windows

Categories

(Core :: Printing: Setup, defect, P3)

74 Branch
defect

Tracking

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UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: victor50, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:74.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/74.0

Steps to reproduce:

The first time a different then the Windows default printer is selected in Firefox, for instance a PDF printer, Firefox sets this as its own default printer. It does not switch to another printer as default if you select another one.

Expected results:

The only way to reset to windows default is with about:config, deleting printer_printer. Now there is a nag-screen added for about:config. So I report it finally as a BUG. What also would help if there was a script or add_on that could do this.

This is a longstanding issue.

Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.

Component: Untriaged → Widget: Win32
Product: Firefox → Core

Hi, I have no idea if that component is correct. Does it make any difference for solving the issue?

The priority flag is not set for this bug.
:jimm, could you have a look please?

For more information, please visit auto_nag documentation.

Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Component: Widget: Win32 → Printing: Setup
Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Priority: -- → P3

Because this bug's Severity has not been changed from the default since it was filed, and it's Priority is P3 (Backlog,) indicating it has been triaged, the bug's Severity is being updated to S3 (normal.)

Severity: normal → S3
See Also: → 1663801
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